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The FDA could pull a common but ineffective cold medicine from the market and new DNA analysis reveals what scientists got wrong about Pompeii. And, on TDIH, the first detachable electric plug in the US. FDA to pull common but ineffective cold medicine from market - CBS News U.S. FDA proposes ending use of popular decongestant present in cold medicines | Reuters DNA From Pompeii Victims Reveals Surprising Relationships Amidst the Chaos (gizmodo.com) First US Detachable Electric Plug – Today in History: November 8 - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project The story of the electric plug | SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention Contact the show - [email protected] Sponsored By Acorns - Head to at acorns.com/cool or download the Acorns app to start saving and investing for your future today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The discovery of a fossilized 'Terror Bird' leg sheds light on the ancient South American ecosystem and a woodpecker’s comeback changes its status from endangered to threatened. Plus, on The Day in History, the White Hurricane of the Great Lakes. Fossil of huge terror bird offers new information about wildlife in South America 12 million years ago | ScienceDaily Red-cockaded woodpeckers' recovery in southeast leads to status change from endangered to threatened | AP News 'White Hurricane': Remembering the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 | Weather.com Remembering the November 1913 "White Hurricane" (weather.gov) The 4 factors that have led to a 'golden age' of discovery for Great Lakes shipwrecks | CBC News Contact the show - [email protected] Sponsored By Acorns - Head to at acorns.com/cool or download the Acorns app to start saving and investing for your future today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Kingdom of Jordan is the first nation in the world to eliminate Leprosy. Weird Wednesday brings us a giant GPS phallus, a chance to buy President George Washington’s hair, and a couple "odd" structures. Plus, on 'This Day in History', the Soviet Union’s five-day week. Jordan Recognized as First in the World to Eradicate Leprosy (goodnewsnetwork.org) UK Man Creates Giant GPS Penis Drawing To Raise Money For Charity (ndtv.com) Lock of Washington's hair and other presidential memorabilia up for auction | Reuters Philippines resort features world's largest chicken-shaped building - UPI.com Giant chicken hotel that’s breaking records « Euro Weekly News A New Zealand city waves goodbye to its 'disturbing' giant hand sculpture that many came to love | AP News For 11 Years, the Soviet Union Had No Weekends | HISTORY Contact the show - [email protected] Sponsored By Acorns - Head to at acorns.com/cool or download the Acorns app to start saving and investing for your future today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Election Day in the United State so we examine why it falls on a Tuesday in November, plus a potential step forward in predicting volcanic activity, and on 'This Day in History', Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot leading to a seemingly ubiquitous mask today. Sponsored By Acorns - Head to at acorns.com/cool or download the Acorns app to start saving and investing for your future today! Why Is Election Day a Tuesday in November? New trigger proposed for record-smashing 2022 Tonga eruption | ScienceDaily Something Weird Happened 15 Minutes Before the Giant Tonga Eruption of 2022 (gizmodo.com) The Man Behind the Mask - Guy Fawkes Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A small moon orbiting Uranus may be the latest body in our solar system that could harbor life. New research out of USC suggests a low-sugar diet in utero and in the first two years of life can meaningfully reduce the risk of chronic diseases in adulthood, plus on "This Day in History", the first wagon train arrives in California on this day in 1841. Constraining Ocean and Ice Shell Thickness on Miranda from Surface Geological Structures and Stress Modeling - IOPscience Astronomers Found Something Cold and Wet Near Uranus (gizmodo.com) Study shows Uranus Moon Could Harbor Alien Life in Subterranean Sea (msn.com) Restricting sugar consumption in utero and in early childhood significantly reduces risk of midlife chronic disease TDIH: The First Wagon Train Arrives - Cal@170 by the California State Library 1841 Detail, First Wagon Train West - U.S. History Timeline: The 1840's (americasbesthistory.com) Sponsored By Acorns - Head to at acorns.com/cool or download the Acorns app to start saving and investing for your future today! Contact the show - [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices